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Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park is hosting a clothing drive Saturday, June 9th from 10am to 1pm. We heard there was a need for various items at local shelters and, with the community spirit that is Bare Oaks, we decided to rise to the call. Items collected on Saturday will go to one of three places: Yellow Brick House, Blue Door Shelter, or to the Goodwill. The Yellow Brick House and Blue Door Shelter are looking for new clothing, shoes, steel toe work boots, blankets, and towels. They are also seeking certain items to maintain operations such as liquid soap, diapers, and kids lunch snacks. YellowRead More →

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The start of an annual tradition – a weekend of events with an emphasis on family fun! Activities, challenges, contests, entertainment, crafts, games and all-around fun for kids of all ages. 3rd Weekend in July July 21-22, 2012 Discounted rates are available for visiting families. (If staying overnight, reservations are strongly recommended.) Naturism is a family activity that is good for kids: Read about raising Children in Naturism. Family WeekendRead More →

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There’s a lot of volleyball going on at Bare Oaks.  Last year was our first year to have regular casual volleyball games on Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm. Then our first tournament of the year was the 5th Annual Greater Toronto Naturist Volleyball Tournaments. That was followed by a mini-tournament held during the FCN Naturist Festival in August. Finally, we added a second tournament – the inaugural Lee Baxandall Memorial Volleyball Tournament championship. (August 26-28, 2011) This last tournament was created after a Southern-Ontario club decided to stop hosting their popular annual competition and another Toronto-area club that used to have a large championship wasRead More →

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Yesterday, the York Region Department of Health Inspector gave us the green light to announce that the pool is open!! The picture shows the first people to jump into the pool this year. But the water was cold. While the sun is shining on the solar heaters, it is a slow process. So we will be giving them a bit of a boost with the propane heater in time for the weekend. The weather forecast predicts temperatures as high as 29ºC! The Bare Bistro is back to summer hours so you can have a drink or a meal any day. Go to the restaurant’s websiteRead More →

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This coming Saturday (Victoria Day long weekend) there will be a presentation on Cambium, a new naturist village being developed on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The presentation will be held in the New Forest Room (downstairs in the clubhouse) at 5pm. Here’s the description provided by the representative: An evening of Discovery.  Join us for an informative session about a new naturist development in the Dominican Republic.  Cambium representative, Samantha Gruen, will be at Bare Oaks on Saturday, May 19th @ 5:00pm to delight you with news about Cambium and some great purchasing opportunities. Please note that this presentation is being done byRead More →

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video platform video management video solutions video player Why does the 20/20 interviewer assume that there’s something wrong with children being nude or seeing their parents nude? As we know, being ourselves is natural. Instead of searching for experts who can tell you how wrong it is, why not look for research on the topic? There are a multitude of scholarly research studies on this topic in psychology and sociology that have shown that children raised with social nudity benefit from the practice. Instead of assuming that children in a naturist environment are somehow at risk, why not consider the facts first? Clearly keeping kidsRead More →

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The renovated showers/washroom/sauna area is finally done!!  That took a lot longer than we ever anticipated (nearly 2 months) but the resulting change is quite dramatic! The new showers feature both a rain head and a handheld. And unlike the old ones, this new shower area is bright, open and barrier-free. It’s been designed with everyone in mind. From the handgrips for older folks to the low handheld holder that makes it easier to wash down the kids. Come by this weekend and enjoy! And a reminder that tomorrow (Saturday) is Volunteer Day. Everyone is welcome! Lunch is provided, free of charge, for all volunteers. There areRead More →

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On International Women’s Day 2012 (March 8) a group of women launched The Nude Photo Revolutionaries Calendar in support of Aliaa Magda Elmahdy. In October 2011, Elmahdy, a 20-year old Egyptian university student, posted a full-length nude photo of herself on her blog in a protest against free-expression and her society’s attitude towards women. The reaction was, not surprisingly, intense and polarizing.  Elmahdy’s blog received millions of visits. She became the target of enumerable death threats. But she also received extensive support from individuals and women’s rights groups including a group of Iranian women and men who risked death by posing nude with slogans against IslamicRead More →

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Dressed appropriately for the beach in Toronto 100 years ago. All this talk about the 100-year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic has made me think about the history of naturism. You can see in the various photos of the time just how restrictive and uncomfortable clothing was. Not even the period’s bathing suit offered a respite. In their 1931 book, Among the Nudists, Frances and Mason Merril observed: “…there never was such a thing as a comfortable bathing suit. Wool scratches, cotton grows heavy and sags as soon as wet, and silk becomes slimy and nasty to the touch; either a suit is soRead More →

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On April 1st, Toronto Blogger Aviva Rubin wrote an article in the New York Times about how they are casually nude in their home with their children. Apparently she was unprepared for the intense reaction she received. In a follow-up column in today’s Globe and Mail she explains how she is “used to my parents providing advice and constructive criticism on my parenting methods – whether I agree or not, they’ve earned the right to weigh in. But it seems that putting “Naked with Children” in public gave the whole world that right.” I’ve posted a comment from a naturist’s point of view.  Since the G&MRead More →